WORLD DATELINES

Compiled from Examiner wire reports

Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, October 22, 1997

AH: Hospital to accept payoff over murder Adelaide, Australia An Adelaide hospital said Wednesday it would accept a donation of $720,000 from the brother of an Australian nurse who was murdered in Saudi Arabia.

Last week, Frank Gilford agreed to a payment of $1.2 million to waive his right to call for the death penalty for a British nurse accused of killing his sister. Under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law, families of victims have the option of requesting a death sentence, or asking that the sentence be commuted to a life sentence, usually in exchange for some financial compensation.

The Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital announced Wednesday it would accept Gilford's donation, which will go to build a new day surgery center to be named after his sister, Yvonne.

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Coyote trots around Golden Gate parkTed Andersen, SFGATE

Protesters demand

Thai leader resign Bangkok Hundreds of protesters demonstrated early Wednesday outside government headquarters, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh over an economic crisis that has rocked Southeast Asia.

The cabinet, meeting inside Government House, failed to complete a reshuffling of personnel that has gained urgency with Sunday's resignation of Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya.

More than 1,000 demonstrators camped outside Government House Tuesday night as senior members of Chavalit's New Aspiration Party arrived under heavy police guard to confer with the prime minister.

The protest added to momentum created during a larger demonstration Monday in the central business district. That rally drew 2,000 people, the largest outburst of middle-class discontent since street protests toppled a military government in 1992.

Indian leader urgedto take over state

New Delhi The cabinet has asked the president to take over control of India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, after a controversial vote confirmed a right-wing party as the sole power there, an official spokesman for the government said.

The cabinet also recommended the dissolution of the northern state's 425-member legislative assembly, the spokesman said.

The move is not unusual. Normally, such a request is justified if the state is mired in violence or corruption.&lt;